KYOTO – Several companies the Kansai region received bomb threats Sunday amid tight security for a high-profile visit by U.S. President Donald Trump, who arrived in Tokyo the same day.
Just after 11 a.m., Keihan Electric Railway Co. got a telephone call warning that there would be an explosion at Sanjo Station in Kyoto in an hour.
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